Raiders to file relocation papers to move from Oakland to Vegas

There was an article today that San Antonio might host them for all/part of the time while the LV stadium is built.

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SA really is perfect for them. Raiders have always had a large Hispanic fan base, and who better than SA? They already have the black and silver colors for the Spurs as well, and their fan base is really passionate and supportive. That would be cool for them to host for at least a year possibly.

SA really is perfect for them. Raiders have always had a large Hispanic fan base, and who better than SA? They already have the black and silver colors for the Spurs as well, and their fan base is really passionate and supportive. That would be cool for them to host for at least a year possibly.

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Back when there was talk of moving the Jags I thought they would be perfect for SA. Jaguars are native to Texas and pirates are not, at least to the SA area. Jaguars are also kind of huge in Hispanic culture.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has never hesitated to critique the NFL’s business model, and he has done so again regarding the Raiders’ move to Las Vegas.

Cuban said on ESPN that he sees the NFL’s decision to let the Raiders leave Oakland just because Nevada is willing to build them a stadium is going to be a bad look in a few years.

“Why? There’s just no good reason. It’s no disrespect to Las Vegas, it’s a great city and it’s vibrant. But they’re going to a smaller market, it’s transient, and it’s just another example of chasing every last dollar, and that tends to backfire,” Cuban said.

Cuban famously compared the NFL to fat hogs ready to get slaughtered, and he thinks the league will eventually implode under the weight of its own greed. We’ll see in a few years if an expensive Las Vegas stadium has thousands of empty seats on Sundays, which would suggest that Cuban may be on to something.

I think that the chances of financial failure with two teams in L.A. and one in Vegas are high for at least one of those franchises, if not two, out of the three.

I'm still perplexed that the NFL could leave a 20 year old stadium in St. Louis and nobody seems to question it. That's like the Texans demanding a new stadium in 2020 and then moving in 2023 because they didn't get one. Pure greed by the NFL.

Looks like at least for now, Oakland Raiders fans are attempting to make the best of a bad situation and likely hoping that the talk of the 2017 Oakland Raiders being a legit Super Bowl contender are valid.

The Oakland Raiders’ impending move to Las Vegas may not sit well with local officials, but the fans don’t seem to be holding it against them — season tickets for the 2017 campaign have sold out, Matier & Ross of the San Francisco Chronicle report.

To the surprise of no one, the Oakland Raiders’ move to Las Vegas still doesn’t appear to be going as planned. The Raiders have resumed talks with Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum officials for the first time since the City of Oakland filed an antitrust lawsuit against the team last December, Larry Beil of San Francisco’s ABC7 News reports.

It’s not everyday you see a team re-engage with an entity that once said it “brazenly violated federal antitrust law” in a court filing, but, well, it’s becoming clear that the Raiders need Oakland more than they thought right now. Raiders still looking for a 2019 home Because the Raiders’ stadium in their new home of Las Vegas won’t be ready until the 2020 season, the team has been left to find a single-season venue for 2019 after pulling out of a tentative lease at the Coliseum. You might not have thought finding a venue for two preseason games, eight regular-season games and potentially the playoffs (probably not a huge worry) would be this difficult, but the Raiders have struggled quite a bit.

If Oakland is targeting a franchise for their market, then a new stadium will be the first item on the agenda. Next, finding an organization to move into the new stadium......if it were me chasing a team, I'd focus on the Chargers who may not be gung-ho on sharing a stadium over the long haul.

If Oakland is targeting a franchise for their market, then a new stadium will be the first item on the agenda. Next, finding an organization to move into the new stadium......if it were me chasing a team, I'd focus on the Chargers who may not be gung-ho on sharing a stadium over the long haul.